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Tuesday, March 05, 2002Lump this with "executive physicals" as a way for physicians to work the system and exploit the fears of the worried well to make a quick buck. There are many diseases these scans would not detect: colon cancer, for example, or prostate cancer. They would not tell you whether your heart functions properly, or whether you have colon polyps or kidney disease or asthma or emphysema. In these cases, they would only give a patient a false sense of security. In addition, the chances of a total body scan finding a meaningful abnormality in a healthy, asymptomatic person are exceedingly small. It is aggravating to see physicians promoting such garbage, especially when the ones doing the promoting are those who stand to profit from it. Shame on them. They taint all of us when they behave this way and only further undermine the trust between patient and doctor. posted by Sydney on 3/05/2002 08:49:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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